St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-13
TkaE EN4EE.
1t Failed 10 Strike Out ssDonneIly,s
Speecss'' From the Joint Memorial

Speecss', From the Joint Nem0riaI.
AS soon as yesterdays session of the
senate commenced there was flood of Pc
tltionS requesting legislation upon the sub
JectS OF scientific temperance instruction;
amendments To the game laws to prevent
the shooting Of aquatic fowl i'll the spring;
and the age OF CONSENT raising it to
eighteen years, all of which were appropri-
ately referred to committees.
Special committees were then announced
by the president as follows:
Labor-Swenson, Edwards, Lende, Nachbar,
Shields.
Minlng-Wood, Ward, Child
Reapportionment-Hall Buckman, Clough
Halvorsen, Bowen.
Soldiers Home-Goodr Pope, Anderson,
Public Schools-Crandall, Comstock, Dodge
Nelson, WEIGH.
Portion OF Governors Message Relating to
Mississippi River-Dauiels, Schelfer, Burck-
hardt. Durant, Hayd IN.
BOoIDs and Logs-Buckman, Clough. Eaton
Duruut. WhIteman.
The introduction of bills commenced. and
after Mr. Oswald, of Hennepin, sent up one
= the secretary's desk providing for an
additional judge for the Fourth Judicial
district, Mr. Daniels, Of Olmsted, tackled
the
HIGH LICENSE QUESTION
by introducing a bill to raise the license in
cities of 10000 population and over to
81, 900, and i'll cities towns ana villages of
less population to $500. 1t also pre-
vents county commissioners from issuing
a license for less than $500. but
it fixes no maximum license. and leaves pre-
viouS local option provisions i'll the state
law without alteration or repeal. 1t is a
similar bill to that of Senator Goodrich, eX-
cept so far as it touches upon local option.
II will be referred to a special committee
along with Mr.. Goodrich's bill when the
lieutenant governor appoints that commit
tee, for which there has not yet been any
resolution offered.
Then Mr., SwenSon. of Hennepin, put in
a bill to establish a bureau of labor statis-
tics, which proposes to authorize the ap-
p0intment of
\ LABOR COMMISSIONER,
whose duty it will be TO collect all statistics
pertaining to labor, inspect all workshops,
examine into the condition of all Working
men and places of employment as to sani-
tatiOn, security from danger, etc; prevent
the employment of children under Ger
tain age, and to report i'll detail accordingly
to the state. The sum of $500 is to be
appropr ated for his salary. and $500 addi-
tiunal for his travelling expenses. 1t was
sent to the labor committee.
Mr. HalyOrSen, of Freeborn, provided
some work for the insurance committee by
proposing a bill to make the amount of in
surance written upon insurance policies the
prima facie value of the property when in.
sured, and the true amount of loss and
measure of damages when destroyed. AL
though very brief bill, there is promise of
a long fight on it.
The limit of the days regular business
was reached when word was sent to Mr..
Pope. of Blue Earth, and upon the suggeS-
tion received he called up the house joint
memorial to congress urging the passage of
the
INTERSTATE COMMERCE
bill. A bomb was thrown INTO the house
when Mr.. Ives, of Nicollet, offered an
amendment to strike out all of the docu-
ment after the words: The people of
Minnesota cannot understand" Mr.. John
son, OF Houston. proposed an amendment
to strike out all those words also; in fact,
all the explanation and reasons appended
to the resolution proper. For an in
slant there was a mlSunder-
standing between Messrs. Ives and
7. johnson, the former thinking that
the latter was striving to strike out all the
memorial. but short explanation proved
that both gentlemen aimed at the same re-
sult-to cut off the argument. or stump
| speech" as Mr.. Ives subsequently innocently
dubbed it. MesSrs. Edwards OF Fillmore,
and Pope, of Blue Earth, opposed the
amendment, and SO did Mr.. Daniels, of
Olmsted, with attempted irony. The gen.
tleman from OlmSted informed the senate
that it would be cruel to cut off Mr. Dom
nelly's eloquent Speech" and prevent its
inspiring effect upon Minnesota's delegates
at Washington. Then. with apparent in
tention, Mr.. Nelson, of Goodhue asked:
Am L to understand that nobody's speech
in the legts lature is to go down to Wash
| ingtOn?"
only DoNNELLY'Sw
replied Mr.. Daniels, with mild sarcasm and
child-like artlessness. There was little
ripple OF merriment produced by this, which
| became generally contagious.
Mr.. COmst0ck, of Clay, saw that it was
! high time serious business commenced, and
with all the force of his legal logic he az
| gued that the principles of the bill, the pas
sage by congress of which the house memo
rial proposed to urge, would result detri-
mentally TO the wheat producer of Mime
| sofa and other Western states. The prin-
! ciple involved in the long and short haul
| clause was his main point of attack, and
| he quoted from a morning paper the
words of friends of the bill in congress-
who anticipated that its effect would be to
J Increase through rates ana reduce local
rates. The people of Minnesota were
hardly prepared to accept this doctrine of
mileage, he thought-that the charges of